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SCHOOL AND SOCIAL DRAMA 



"■.^i^ct -^;v^ell 3ro-a.r part. 



THE PULL BACK. 



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:PI^IOE 15 OEJSTTS. 



CHICAGO : 

T. S. DENISON 
1S7S. 



NO PLAYS EXCHANGED. 



T. S. DENISON'S CATALOGUE OF 

NEW PLAYS, 

FOR SCHOOLS and AMATEURS 
1878. 



These plays have been prepared expressly to meet the wants of teachers 
ami amateur clubs. They are simple in construction, and require no scenery, 
or such as is usually at hand. They afford room for " actit/^." They ax e. pure 
in tone and languao-e. The six first on the list were before the public last 
vear, and met with a very favorable reception. 

"If the succeeding' numbers are as good as the first, we predict for them 
a large demand." — National Teachers' Monthly, N. Y. and Chicago. 

"These plays appear to be full of fun and to teach many good lessons with- 
al."— Wis. 'Jour, of Education. 

"The farces are full of fun." — Daily Inter-Ocean, Chicago. 

"These plays arc realizing the dearth of good literature in this department." 
-^N. r. School Bulletin. 

ODDS WITH THE ENEMY. 

A drama in five acts; 7 male and 4 female characters. Time i hour 50 min. 
Contains a good humorous negro character. 

" It took splendidly. 'Tabbs' made it spicy." — C. E. Rogers, Dunkirk, hid. 

SETH GREENBACK. 

A drama in four acts; 7 male and 3 female characters. Tine i hour 15 m. 

"'Seth Greenback' has one very good Irish comic character, and some 
})atlu'tic and telling situations. The plot is simple and dramatic, and culmin- 
ates well." — lo-.va Normal Monthly. 

WANTED, A CORRESPONDENT. 

A farce in two acts, 4 male and ■\ female characters. Time 45 m. \'ery 
niteresting and amusing. 

INITIATING A GRANGER. 

A ludicrous farce; S male characters. Time, 25 m. 

" 'Initiating a (Granger' brought down the house." — "J. L. Sharp, Burlington 

THE SPARKLING CUP. 

A temperance drama in five acts; 12 male and 4 female characters. Time, 
I hour 45 m. A thrilling play, woB^thy the best efforts of amateurs. Pathetic song 
and death scene. 

" It is just the thing for dramatic clubs." — The Anvil, Washington, D. C. 



THE PULL BACK. 



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r. S. DENISON, 



A (thor of Odds -with the Enemy ; The Sparkling Cvp ; Seth Greenback; 

Louva^the Paitper ; Wanted, A Correspondeiit ; htitiating a Granger ; 

A Family Strike ; Hans Von Smash,' Tvjo Ghosts in 

White; Country yusiice ; The Assessor; 

Borrowing Trouble ; etc. 




CHICAGO: 
1878. 



Copy right, 1878, by T. S. Peujsoo, 






CHARACTERS. 



Mrs. Oldstyle, very old-tashioned. 
Mrs. Senseny. 

Henrietta Pride, | 

Adelaide Pride, j v " • 
Gertie Plane. 
Lou, waiter. 



COSTUMES. 



Mr.s. Oldstyle, dress as old-fashioned as possible, and odd — spec- 
tacles and sun bonnet. Henrietta and Adelaide, dressed fashionably, 
with extravagant pull-backs. Other characters plainly dressed. 



SITUATIONS. 



R means right as the actor faces the audience; L, left; C, center. 



THE PULL-BACK. 



Scene. — The Ladies' Waiting Room at a Rail-way Station. Re- 
jreshment Counter R. Toung lady ■waiter. 

Enter Mrs. Oldstyle and Mrs. Senseny, L. Mrs. Old- 
style carrying a large old-fashioned carpet-sack^ two or three parcels 
zvrapped in newspapers, and a large cotton umbrella. Mrs. Senseny 
with traveling hand-bag. 

Mrs. O. Laws a me ! it 's a desp'rit sight of bother to travel 
with nobod J to take keer of a body's things ! 

Airs. S. Allow me to assist you! {Takes her packages and 
umbrella and lays them on the seat.) 

Mrs. O. Thank 'ee! I'm much obleeged to you! Goodness 
alive, where 's my umbarel. It 's in the kyar I'll lay! and gone 
too! I wonder it the conductor man would send it back to-mor- 
row if I'd write him a letter.? 

Mrs. S. (Dravjs umbrella from under the packages.) Here it is, 
Madam. 

Mrs.O. Thank 'ee, Ma'.am ! I'm obleeged to you. I'll just 
take it in my hand so as not to lose it. I've had that umbarel a 
matter of sixteen years and I wouldn't lose it for the best cow in 
the State. I paid three shillin' for that umbarel when things 
wa'nt half as high as they be now. But I set so much store by 
it because its been in the family sixteen year and never been 
lost, Uriah says I'm always losin' things. I always carry an 
umbarel because you can't tell when there'll be a spell of weather, 
and then it 's sort of company for a body to have something to 
look after. {Bustles among her baggage.) 

Mrs. S. {Aside.) I don't like to be too free with strangers, 
but I suppose it is safe to talk to this old lady. {Aloud.) Are 
you traveling far.'' 

Mrs.O. No, indeed! I don't travel far alone these days of 
robberies and smash-ups. It isn't safe. I just come up from 
Fogg's Corners. My name is Oldstyle, Uriah Oldstyle's wife. 
I've come down to Thornville to see my brother John. 

Mrs. S. Perhaps like myself, you don't travel much? 

Mrs. O. No, indeed ! I'm real glad I stop here. What might 
your name be.'' 



40 THE PULL-BACK. 

Mrs. S. Senseny! I stop here too. I came one train sooner 
than I expected, and shall be obliged to wait here a half hour 
before the friends who were to meet me arrive. 

Mrs. O. How d'_ye do Mrs. Senseny ! {Shakes hands.) That's 
my fix exactly. I'm waitin' for John. I don't like travelin' in 
the kyars. They take a body so qviick that you have to wait 
'round depots {Pronounce the t.) and waste ever so much time. 
Last time I came in the stage, it took a whole day ; but we 
didn't waste a minute waitin'. That 's ten years ago. Law! 1 sup- 
pose Thornville has growed a heap sence then. 

Afrs.S. It is a thriving little city now, Mrs. Oldstyle. But 1 
must see to my trunks. {Exit^L.) 

Mrs. O. Goodness, I forgot! The last thing they said at home 
was not to make too free with strai g rs I'm afeerd I lold that 
woman more than I had ought to. What a desp'rit sight ot 
traps some of the kyar travelers have. Sich trunks! I guess 
they must take their own bed and cookin' utinsils along. That's 
handy anyway, for then a body knows where they are sleepin' 
and where the cookin' is done. Speakin' of cookin' puts me in 
mind I'm as hungry as I'd be afttr a day's washin'. I'll buy a 
piece from this girl. It looks like a nice clean place. {Raps on 
thejloor -with umbrella to call -waiter.) Sis, can you let me have a 
piece of bread with a little apple sass spread on \X.} 

Waiter. We don't keep apple sauce ! 

Mrs. O. Don't have apple sass! Why, I never heard of the 
like! I couldn't set a table without it, and what 's more Uriah 
wouldn't eat if I'd set the table and not put on the apple sass. 

Waiter. Won't you have a sandwich.'' 

Mrs. O. A sand-what.? 

Waiter. A sandwich! 

Mrs. O. What sort of a witch is that, I wonder! Bless me! 
I thought witches were clean out of date. I used to hear grand- 
father tell about their plaitin' the horses' manes, but I havn't 
heerd tell of them since. 

Waiter. I didn't mean witches. Sandwiches are something to 
eat. Here is one. 

Mrs. O. Laws a me! and them 's sandwiches! {Pulls the sand- 
Tvich apart.) A cold biscuit cut in two and a piece of meat put 
between. Goodness me! I've made sandwiches for fort)- years 
everytime I put up a cold snack for the hired men, only I put in 
a good deal bigger slice of meat than that. I'll take a sandwich 
and a cup of coffee. 

Waiter: Here are milk and sugar for your coffee. 

Mrs. O What ails that milk ! Weirif it was down our way 
I'd say the cow drank a leetle too much spring water. {Seats 
herself to eat her lunch.) 

Enter Gertie Plank, L, 

Gertie. {To waiter^ Good morning, Lou! 

Waiter. Good morning, Gertie! You naughty girl, why 



THE PULL-BACK. 4T 

didn't you come in sooner. I'm so lonesome. I thought youM 
never come. 

Gertie. Lonesome! How absurd! And customers here! 

Waiter. {Aside.) She 's a queer one ! Look at her bonnet and 
her dress! And her umbrella! 

Gertie. {Aside.) She looks like a nice old lady, though. 

Waiter. Oh perhaps she is, but she is so queer. She made 
remarks about the refreshments and never heard of a .«andwich. 

Gertie. Hush Lou! I venture she has a kind heart. She 
mustn't hear us talking about her. She has never traveled mucli 
I know. 

Waiter. Yes, anybody could see that. How would she look 
with a pull-back? Wouldn't it look jolly ! ha! ha! 

Gertie. Lou! Lou! {Old ladfs attention is attracted to the 
conversation.) 

Waiter. Gertie, I'm getting my n^w dress made with a pull- 
back. Why don't you get one, too.'' 

Mrs. O. (Aside.) Poor girl she 's makin' a new dress and 
there 's something a hinderin' her. It's hard to work when there's 
something all the time givin' a body a backset. 

Gertie. I'm in no hurry to adopt a fashion that looks so absurd, 
until others lead. 

Waiter. Your cousins Henrietta and Adelaide Pride have 
pull-backs in the very height of the fashion, 

Gertie. I know they always try to lead the fashion. 

Mrs.O. Dear me! Somebody else has a backset, too! It 
must be desp'rit.discouragin'. 

Waiter. Pull-backs are all the go, Gertie. 

Mrs. O. {Aside.) I do wonder what 's the matter. Has the 
whole town taken a backset.? It's something dreadful, I'm sure. 
It must be small-pox or fever or something like that, for a back- 
set is always worse than the first attact. {Aloud.) Gals, who is 
it that took a backset.? 

Gertie. A backset! 

Mrs. O. Yes! It 's always worse than the first attact. Sol Bruce, 
the Postmaster at the Corners, had typhoid tever awful bad, and 
just as the doctor had him out of danger he drank a cup of sour 
buttermilk and the backset nearly killed him. 

Gertie. Of course a relapse is very dangerovis in case of severe 
illness, but nobody is sick here that we know of. 

Mrs. O. Thank goodness! Tnen there 's no fever here? 

Gertie. No Ma'am! 

Mrs. O. Nor small pox? 

Gertie. No Ma'am! 

Airs. O. Then I guess somebody's taken a backset in money 
matters. Somebody has broken up on account of these hard 
times? 

Gertie. Yes, many have suffered reverses of fortune. 

Mrs. O. Well that 's not so bad as to be sick, as I was afeerd 
they were, but it 's bad enough, too, if a body has to lose their prop- 



42 THE PULL-BACK. 

erty, though I can't say much from experience, for Uriah has 
been so lucky that we wouldn't miss a span of good horses as 
much now as we'd missed a pig when we were first married. 

Enter Z, Henrietta aud Adelaide Pride followed by Mrs. 
Senseny. They take seats L. 

Henrietta. {Aside to Adelaide.) There is cousin Gertie Plane. 

Mrs. O. I declare I havn't paid for my lunch yet. {Sets coffee 
cup on counter. To waiter.) I suppose that will be about five cents. 
Here is a nickel. I guess you make pretty good sandwiches. You 
must use a heap of egg to make your coffee so clear. 

Waiter. Your bill is twenty cents! 

Mrs. O. Twenty cents ! Havn't you made a big mistake some- 
where? Maybe you mul'iplied instead of addin'.^ 

Waiter. There is no mistake. One cup of coffee ten cents: one 
sandwich, ten cents. 

Mrs. O. Laws a me! Hotv these people about the railroads 
do impose on travelers! It 's downright swindlin'. That 's what 
/ call it. I wanted to start with only twenty dollars, I'm so afraid 
of pickpockets, but my old man said I must take fifty, and good- 
ness knows I'll need it all if the pickpockets don't get it. {Mrs. O. 
goes to door and looks out Mrs. Senseny suddenly searches her pock- 
ets as if she had lost something. Gertie and Lou talk aside.) 

Henrietta. What an odd looking old lady that is! 

Adelaide. Oh she 's a perfect fright ! 

Henrietta. She ought to travel with Barnum. 

Adelaide. Goodness knows she 'd make a show herself. 

Henrietta. Such a bonnet! 

Adelaide. And such a dress 1 

Henrietta. Cow-hide shoes! I never! 

Adelaide. Hush 'Retta, she 's listening. 

Henrietta. Well I don't care! I shall say what I please any- 
way. 

Adelaide. {Aside to Henrietta.) I declare Gertie has a calico 
dress on. I'm surprised at her talking to that waiter. 

Henrietta. I must speak to her. {They pass over to Gertie and 
Lou.) 

Adelaide. Good morning girls! 

Henrietta, Gertie, you seem to be very much interested. I 
presume you must be consulting about something of very great 
importance! 

Gertie. Oh, no! only a friendly chat! 

Henrietta. Friendly chat, indeed! Sister, let 's take a walk on 
the platform till train time. {Henrietta atid Adelaide exit L. Lou 
disappears R. Gertie seated^ 

Mrs. O. {Aside.) Well! well! These two gals haven't much 
manners, anyway, to talk about a body, right in plain hearin'. 
What does ail their dresses.? They must have been hooked up 
by mistake into that pucker. I'd a mind to tell them about it. 
That woman keeps her eye on me and my things more than I 



THE PULL-BACK. 43 

like. Vm afecrd I oughn't 'a told her my name. The neighbors 
at the corners all told me to scrape no acquaintances. She might 
be a female robber; I've heard tell of sich. (Goes to door, L.) 

Mrs. S. ( To Gertie.) Have you seen a pocketbook in this 
room.? I've lost mine. I've my suspicions, too, about where it 
is. I think that old lady is a suspicious character. She is entirely 
too free getting acquainted. I've always heard it wasn't safe to 
get acquainted with people on the cars. I'm sorry I said a word 
to her. 

Gertie. I think. Ma'am, your suspicions are groundless. That 
old lady seems to be honest. She lacks experience in ti-avel. 
That is all, I think. 

Mrs. S. Oh, she seems very honest! Rogues always do. She 
looks much too honest and inexperienced. She knows more than 
she pretends. I'll keep an eye on her. 

Gertie. It would be well, of course, to keep a lookout for your 
property. You will find it, I hofpe. 

Mrs. S. To be sure I'll look out well, and she shall not elude 
me. I believe she hid my pocketbook in her baggage. I'll watch 
that. [Seats herself by Mrs. O.^s baggage.) 

Enter L, Henrietta atid Adelaide, /b//ow<f^ by Mrs. O. Waiter 
appears behind cotcnter., R. 

Mrs.O. (Aside.) Laws a me! I never did see dresses tangled 
up so; I must tell them, for people will be comin' in and see them. 
(To Henrietta.) Sis, your dress is sort ot tangled up. 

Henrietta. (Shakes out her train.) I see nothing the matter 
with it. 

Mrs. O. Goodness me! It's hooked wrong somewhere. It's 
all tucked up into a bump. 

Adelaide. (Laughing.) Oh, that's her pull-back. 

Mrs. O. Her what-did-you-say ? 

Adelaide. A pull-back! 

Mrs. O. What is it for? 

Henrietta. It's the style! Everybody wears them. {Laughs. 
Aside to Adelaide.) Isn't she refreshingly verdant. '^ 

Mrs. O. And that is a pull-back! When I first heerd of them 
I thought it meant a back-set. A body ought to take a dictiona- 
ry along now-a-days when travelin'. I thought somebody had 
the smallpox and had taken a back-set. But I'd no idee it was 
anything so dreadful as that! {Henrietta and Adelaide laugh.) 
Dear me, what is the world comin' to.? (Soliloquizing.) I've 
heerd tell of fashion killin' people. I wonder if that pull-away 
is heavy! If it is it must be a desprit load. I'd like to know 
what it is made of. What 's she watchin' my things for.? (Look- 
ins; at Mrs. S.) Ma'am, hadn't you better let my traps alone,? 
You'll break my umbarel a settin' on it that way! 

Mrs. S, Ah, you are suspicious of me, I'm sure of it now. 
When the gentleman arrives who was to meet me, I'll have you 
arrested. Why doesn't he come! It is time he was here. 



44 THE PULL-BACK. 

Mrs. O. Arrested! That beats everything. People deserve 
it who ride on the kyars. 

Mrs. S, {Goes to refreshment stand. To Tvaiter.) Miss, can 
rou tell me where Mr. Pride lives? Can't I send for him? 

Mrs. O. I declare she 's enquirin' for John ! 

Henrietta. Gracious ! That 's aunt Sue ! 

Adelaide. Why, what a surprise ! Here we've been waiting for 
half an hour! 

Henrietta. {Kisses Mrs. S.) How do you do, Aunt! Wewere'nt 
expecting you until next train! 

Adelaide. {Kisses Mrs S.) Dear Aunt! How glad we are to see 
you! But you must be tired! Why did'nt you enquire for us at 
once ? 

Mrs. S. I did'nt wish to put Mr. Pride to unnecessary trouble, 
and as I arrived one train sooner than I expected, I concluded 
to wait in the depot for a half hour! 

Adelaide. Oh dear ! I'm so sorry. Auntie ! You must be tired 
waiting ! 

Mrs. S. {Aside.) It seems strange that they call me aunt so 
soon, considering I'm only the housekeeper. They seem very 
affectionate girls. {Aloud.) It 's not of any consequence, thank 
you! 

Henrietta. The carriage will be here in a few minutes, dear 
Aunt. Pa ordered it ready. 

Mrs. O. {Aside.) These gals must be John's! And such stuck- 
up things as they are! Clear spiled. I'll see for sure. {Steps to 
Gertie, R. They whisper. Gertie grasps Airs. O^s hand and kisses 
her.) 

Henrietta. Aunt, has your baggage been taken care of? 

Mrs. S. My trunk is in the baggage room and my traveling 
bag is here. [Aside.) They are so kind, I know I'll like them. 
{Aloud.) But I'm sorry to say I've met with a serious loss. 

Henrietta. Mercy! What is it? 

Mrs. S. A pickpocket has taken my pocket-book. 

Henrietta. It's too bad! 

Adelaide. It 's a shame ! 

Mrs. S. I've reason to think the thief is not very far away at 
the present moment. 

Mrs. O. {Slightly angry.) Ma'am you're hintin' a leetle too 
strong, in my opinion. If you've anything to say agin' a body, 
speak it right out! 

Mrs. S. Well, I think to be'plain about it, you know where 
my pocket-book is. 

Mrs. O. Land o' goodness ! Must decent people be accused of 
stealin' in this way. That comes of kyar ridin'; I might 'a known 
it! I'll never set foot in a kyar agin as long as I live. Ma'am, 
for my part I think you're a little to free gittin' acquainted. I've 
been watchin' you. 

Mrs. S. Indeed! Tour conduct certainly loooks suspicious! It 
you are innocent allow yourself and your baggage to be searched. 



THE PULL-BACK. 45 

Mrs. O. Never! You'll never tumble and towse my things 
aroimd ! 

Henrietta. She looks guilty, I think she ought to be searched. 

Adelaide. I didn't like her appearance from the first. 

Mrs. O. Pretty opinions, indeed! 

Mrs. S. Will you consent to be searched, or shall we call the 
police? 

Mrs. O. You may call perlice as long as you please, but 
there'll be no searchin' done. {Seizes her timbrella.) I wouldn't 
break this umbarel for six shillin's. but I'll wear it out over the 
first one that touches my baggages. To be accused of stealin' — 
Uriah and I worked for all Ave have, and we have a plenty too, 
without stealin' our way on the nasty kyars. Pni a Pride., and 
when the Pride blood is up there 's spunk in it. 

Henrietta. Goodness me! That is Aunt Oldstyle. 

Adelaide. Mercy on us! What a dreadtul mistake! 

Henrietta. What shall we do.'* 

Mr%. O. Take off that nasty pull-back! 

Gertie. Yes cousins, you have made a great mistake, you have 
mistaken your aunt for a stranger and I fear she is offended. 
{Talks aside to Mrs. O.) 

Henrietta. (To Mrs. S.) Then who are you, Madam.'' 

Mrs. S. I am the housekeeper your father employed last week. 

Adelaide. Dear me, what a mistake! 

Henrietta. (Aside to Adelaide.) It 's too bad! You know Aunt 
Oldstyle always intended to leave us a handsome legacy. Now 
Gertie will secure it sure. See how agreeable she is making her- 
self already. 

Adelaide. We must apologize. 

Mrs. S. How stupid ! There is my pocket-book in my hand-bag ! 
( To Mrs. O.) Madam, I'm very sorry, indeed, that I offended 
you. It was all a mistake 

Mrs. O. It's all right, I guess; seein' as there's no harm done, 
and considerin' I hadn't a very good opinion of you either. 
(Looks at Mrs. S.) And I don't know as I will change my mind 
in a hurry. 

Henrietta. Will you forgive us, dear Aunt.? We've made such 
a blunder and we're so sorry. 

Mrs. O. There 's plenty of time to talk that over afterwards. 
This ain't the place to straighten out family matters. 

Henrietta. Oh, dear! She won't forgive us! 

Adelaide. But Pa will find out that something is the matter. 
We're so sorry ! 

Mrs. O. Well, as for that matter, I guess I'll go and stay with 
Gertie Plane a day or two first. She 's a sister's child. We've 
always sort o' looked down on the Planes, but Gertie 's a nice 
child anyhow. Gertie, will you take my carpet-sack, and I'll 
carry the umbarel and the packages. 

Henrietta. Aunt, won't you come to see us at all.? Won't you 
forgive that dreadful mistake? 



46 THE PULL-BACK. 

Mrs.O. {Going L.) Laws a me! yes, I'll forgive the mistake, 
but I'll tell John to teach you better manners. Teil John to send 
after me in a day or two— and take off them nastv pull-backs, or 
I won't stay m the house an hour. {Exit Mrs. O". and Gertie, L.) 

CURTAIN. 



A FAMILY STRIKE. 

A spicy tarce, illustrating- "strikes," 3 male and 2 female characters. Time 
20 minutes. 

LOUVA, THE PAUPER. 

A drama in five acts; 9 male and 4 female characters. Time, i hour 45 min. 
Contains a good Yankee character and a humorous darky character. This is 
an intensely interesting' and pathetic play. It admits of striking scenic effects* 
and is a strong play for amateurs. i 

TWO GHOSTS IN WHITE. 

A humorous farce based on boarding-school lite; 7 female characters. Time 
25 m. Abounds in ludicrous episodes. 

HANS VON SMASH. 

A roaring farce in a prologue and one act; 3 male and 4 female characters. 
Time, 30 min. Contains an excellent humorous Dutch character. 

THE ASSESSOR. 

A humorous sketch, illustrating the difficulties of an assessor in listing the 
property of a tax-fighter; 3 male and 2 female characters. Time, 15 m. 

BORROWING TROUBLE. 

A ludicrous farce; 3 male and 4 female characters. Time, 30 m. Illustrates 
the yery amusing trials ot a borrowing family. 

THE PULL-BACK. 

A laughable farce; 6 female characters. Time, 20 min. Contains an ex- 
cellent old-fashioned, "old lady " character. Pictures her adventures among 
the devotees of iashion. 

COUNTRY JUSTICE. 

A very amusing country law suit; S male characters. (May admit 14.) Time 
20 minutes. 

ON THE BRINK, 
Or, The Reclaimed Husband. 

A temperance drama in two acts; 12 male and 3 female characters. Time, 
1 hour, 45 m. Seven of the characters have unimportant parts, and some of the 
parts are so arranged that the same person may play two parts. Contains 
three humorous Yankee characters. A fine play for amateurs. 

A PARLOR ENTERTAINMENT. 

A Sketch ; 2 male and 5 female characters. Time, 25 m. A good piece for 
younger boys and girls. 

New plays will appear from time to time. Costumes furnished. Wigs, 
beards, masks, face paints, tableau lights, etc., at lowest rates. Parties de- 
siring full information, please address us. 

T. S. DENBSON, 

CHICAGO, ILL. 




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